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Sep 21, 2026
Episode 15 - Simon Mellor, Founder and Principal of Long-Stile FZE
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29:16When do you realize when an event has actually hit its ceiling or when the team is really not, you know, happy with pulling that growth lever off?
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29:29Simon MellorGUEST
Okay, so I think in terms of event growth, ultimately our limiting factor is physical space, right? I think if you've got a project that is venue-bound, then you're facing challenges of how do I strip out elements of that event and launch satellite events, which was something that Big Five did very successfully.
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30:07Simon MellorGUEST
We put a leadership team in place, operational head, marketing head, commercial head.
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30:16Simon MellorGUEST
There had not been a leadership function previously, so that was a big learning exercise for everybody to be able to stay away.
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